Several activities are planned for the second annual Hummingbird Festival from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 27, at the Jeffers Bend Environmental Center.
“In a surprise for the first-year event, over 300 people attended in 2022,” Jeffers Bend volunteer coordinator Charles Turner said in a press release.
The festival will include banding of hummingbirds along with programs on interesting facts about the tiny birds and Indian folklore. There will be face-painting for children, and presentations on pollinators, how to make bird feeders and information about feeding birds in winter.
The Jeffers Bend Steering Committee is the festival sponsor with help from Resource Conservation and Development Area Council, the local Audubon Society, Christian County Master Gardeners and Hopkinsville Water Environment Authority.
Refreshments will be served. Drawings are planned for bird feeders and other prizes.
Admission is free thanks to a grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service, but organizers said donations will be accepted.
Jeffers Bend is on Metcalfe Lane. The access road is off North Main Street next to Riverside Cemetery.
Jennifer P. Brown is co-founder, publisher and editor of Hoptown Chronicle. You can reach her at editor@hoptownchronicle.org. Brown was a reporter and editor at the Kentucky New Era, where she worked for 30 years. She is a co-chair of the national advisory board to the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues, governing board past president for the Kentucky Historical Society, and co-founder of the Kentucky Open Government Coalition. She serves on the Hopkinsville History Foundation's board.
